been on all afternoon cutting and welding my arches ready for the kit to go on tomorrow

 

also took the rear bumper off, which was a pain in the arse

 

so here are some pics, i hope i cut them correctly lol

 

 

 

 

looks like i will owe my dad some stella's on sunday :duffer: :duffer: :smash:

Paul (creator of the fridge and all round trampoline legend)

 

 

:cool:

 

i thought it was Simon Cowel on the trampoline :tongue:

Dont know if you know bud but the standard bumper is too short if you stretch it out to the wide arches, it dosent come right up to the wheel arch, this is how i did it.

 

 

You can see how the bumper is short

 

 

I made a steel mesh frame

 

 

Add lashings of fibreglass

 

 

Made a metal plate for the inside and glassed it in place

 

 

Blended and sanded

 

 

The finished job. Cheaper and nicer than the strosek bumper in my opinion.

 

Gimme a shout when u need any help.

Paul (creator of the fridge and all round legend)

top work bud, but im ok on the help side, peter from pps is coming round to fit my arches, and ive gone for the stroseck rear bumper

 

cheers anyway though bud

i thought it was Simon Cowel on the trampoline :tongue:

 

 

Bloody hell it does look like him :shock:

 

You have "big cojones" trying that yourself - hope it works out mate ;)

Good luck buddy...Mucho respecto for going D.I.Y :bow:

Well done Stella

 

Your going for the strosek type arches I take it? How long did it take to cut and weld the stanard arches? You better put up a full blow by blow acount up so I can have a good gander. I'm going for the Explosion wide arch kit myself, but I'm going to do it during the winter and thinking of doing all the donkey work myself. Then just taking it to the body shop for a final rub over and paint.

once marked, which took about 10 mins, i took approx three hours to cut and weld the arches, unfortunately because i was in a hurry to do this i couldnt take step by step pics

 

but i will try and sort something out later, its a piece off piss to cut and weld them, we even used a grinder instead of a air hacksaw

 

the arches are being put on by someone who has done this a few times, im merely helping in that deparment, although im going to have a go at fitting the rear bumper myself

hows it going mate?

its not yet, peter was at his line dancing finals last nite, im just going to start on the bumper now, well after ive been to work to get me tools

its not yet, peter was at his line dancing finals last nite,

 

 

PMSL :rofl:

the arches and rear bumper are on, will get some pics tomoorow

 

thye need a bit more trimming and then sticking on with fibrol, wuwhooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

the arches and rear bumper are on, will get some pics tomoorow

 

thye need a bit more trimming and then sticking on with fibrol, wuwhooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

:bow: :bow: :bow: Can Peter still do it or was he a little rusty? :rofl:

:bow: :bow: :bow: Can Peter still do it or was he a little rusty? :rofl:

just had to keep him right, but apart from that he was ok, i think he was impressed with my grinder antics, :D

 

mind saying that im sure he developed a few more grey hairs lol :rofl: :rofl:

just had to keep him right, but apart from that he was ok, i think he was impressed with my grinder antics, :D

 

mind saying that im sure he developed a few more grey hairs lol :rofl: :rofl:

 

How do you know that, dont say he was working with his cap off? That thing is nailed on :rofl: ;)

How do you know that, dont say he was working with his cap off? That thing is nailed on :rofl: ;)

he took it off to have a go of my angle grinder, he put my safety headscreen on and i caught a glimpse of his hair lol

 

i did try to blow it off with my air compressor but it wouldnt budge, im just hoping he uses the same stuff to keep my kit on with :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

he took it off to have a go of my angle grinder, he put my safety headscreen on and i caught a glimpse of his hair lol

 

i did try to blow it off with my air compressor but it wouldnt budge, im just hoping he uses the same stuff to keep my kit on with :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

 

LMFAO :rofl:

a few pics of progress

 

 

 

 

what do ya's think

looking good stellaz

looking good stellaz

cheers bud

I love it when a plan comes together

I love it when a plan comes together

i certainly do lol, and to think i was going to break it up and buy another

looks good i thought about wide arch for mine but it would not fit in my garage if i did fair play to you doing it urself

looking great matey, keep up the good work! :)

got some more pics

 

the panels are all on (only screwed at the moment), they are ready to be stuck on with fibrol (which peter will be doing this week) then its off to the bodyshop wuwhoooooooo

 

 

 

Going nicely there fella :)